Surveillance

Online monitoring raises serious questions about privacy and rights, but where justified it can be used for good if organisations consider wider issues like transparency and fairness

TikTok is hugely popular. But its latest decision to capture unique digital copies of your face and voice is a cybersecurity threat to your identity and privacy

In an age of pervasive surveillance and social media promotion, reading poetry matters more than ever as we try to come to terms with our technologically-led society

Despite public support, the COVIDSafe app failed to reach its download target. So, what are the implications for future policies that need citizens to share information?

Surveillance technology deployed to combat COVID-19 can quickly be used against civil freedoms

Mass digital surveillance is increasingly being used around the world to control COVID-19. But once the pandemic fades, will the surveillance stay?

The law is always behind technology but given the sweeping changes heralded by new technologies, legislators need to get in front of the issue

Big data and personal sensing technology are revolutionising psychology, opening new frontiers in our understanding of how our minds work and how we treat mental illness

As headlines proclaim that microchips injected under the skin could allow employers to track our every move, the reality is very different

Management expert Graham Sewell on the evolution of workplace surveillance, what it’s really measuring, and why it’s so unsettling